The Greedy Dog

Provenance

Dikran G. Kelekian, New York [this and the following according to receipt 5416, copy in curatorial file]; sold to Lucy Maud Buckingham (died 1920), Chicago, 1916; by descent to her sister, Kate S. Buckingham, Chicago [this object was loaned to the museum by Kate acting on behalf of her sister beginning in 1919]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.

The Greedy Dog

Farrukh Chela

Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), late 16th century

Accession Number

76881

Medium

Opaque watercolor and shell gold on paper

Dimensions

Image: 19.8 × 12.1 cm (7 13/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Outermost Border: 21.8 × 13.8 cm (8 9/16 × 5 7/16 in.); Paper: 33.4 × 20.8 cm (13 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

Classification

watercolor

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection